Esker Strengthens R&D to Address Complete Cloud Computing Solutions Offering

DERBY, England, September 29, 2010 - Esker, the leader in document process automation solutions, announced
that it is strengthening its Research and Development (R&D) team to respond
to the growth of its on-demand solutions offering. Esker will consolidate its
automation solutions under the three cloud computing models: Software as a
Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service
(PaaS).

"We are one of the first software vendors capable of offering automation
integrating the three layers of cloud computing - software, infrastructure
and platform solutions. With over 50 percent growth in the past five years,
these on-demand services are popular with companies and represent 40 percent
of our revenue. The objective behind the strengthening of our R&D team is to
better respond to our customers' needs. Reinforcing R&D is also part of our
development strategy," explained Jean-Michel Berard, CEO and President of the
Board of Directors, Esker.

An offer encompassing the three facets of cloud computing

Esker delivers a 100 percent cloud computing automation solution to
worldwide customers based on its own technology, infrastructure and
platforms. Based on a pay-as-you-use model, these SaaS, IaaS and PaaS
solutions enable companies to automate processing of their on-demand
documents (customer invoices, vendor invoices, bank statements, collection
letters, paychecks, and marketing and sales documents) without investing in
expensive hardware or software.

    - Software as a Service (SaaS): over 3,000 companies use Esker on Demand
      solutions
    - Process automation solutions (sales orders, customer and vendor
      invoices)
    - Hosted rules and document management
    - FlyDoc: the desktop delivery solution
    - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): 10 million monthly pages handled
      worldwide by Esker's mail, fax, email and SMS infrastructure
    - Two data centres in France and in the United States using
      high-availability cluster technology with internal redundancy
    - Six mail and fax production centres in Australia, Spain, the United
      States, France, the United Kingdom and Singapore, equipped with colour
      digital printers, industrial folding and metering machines, dedicated
      lines for sending and receiving faxes, and other capabilities
    - Platform as a Service (PaaS): a unique environment for developing
      automation applications
    - An automation rules engine runs on several hundred mainframes, enabling
      end-to-end automation for any document process
    - Numerous web services allow platform document submission and retrieval
    - Security layers ensure end-to-end document confidentiality
    - Integration with most ERP systems, particularly SAP and CEGID

About Esker Esker is a recognised leader in helping
organisations reduce the use of paper, eliminate manual processes and
simplify IT landscapes. Esker delivers the benefits of automated document
processing as on-demand services (SaaS) and on-premise solutions. Customers
achieve significant operational efficiencies, cost savings and ROI in as
little as three to six months while gaining visibility and control within
order-to-cash and procure-to-pay business processes. Founded in 1985, Esker
operates globally with more than 80,000 customers and millions of licensed
users worldwide. For more information, visit www.esker.co.uk, follow
us on Twitter @EskerUK, or join our linked in group Quit Paper for Derby
Businesses (www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2790410&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr)

Sam Townsend: +44(0)1332-548181